Tova Berlinsky was born in Oswiecim (Auschwitz) in 1915, and immigrated to Palestine in 1938. She was an actress with the Cameri Theater, and studied art at Bezalel Academy. Her work has been shown at the Israel Museum, the Herzlia Museum of Art, and in many group and solo exhibits in Israel and abroad. Tova Berlinski won the Jerusalem Prize in 1963, and the Mordechai Ish-Shalom prize in 2000 for her life's work and her unique contribution to art.